The Mongol Interlude in Chinese History MI: Mongol leader Kubilai Khan took an interest in the Chinese and would either discourage or incorporate Chinese styles into mongol society during the Yuan era.
Kubilai Khan was grandsons of Chinggis Khan who lead sieges into Chinese cities and became great khan in 1260
laws created by Kubilai Khan was either to separate the Chinese from the Mongols - discouraged friendship, marriage, leanings
Tatu, capital city; Kubilai surrounded himself with Chinese scholars and advisers => social class where mongols were at top and below them was the Chinese bureaucracy
Gender roles and the Convergence of Mongol and Chinese culture MI: Mongol women would still be against the idea of adapting to Chinese ideas.
refused to ideas such as foot binding, and limited freedom
Mongol women still had to freedom in the house hold and to hunt; ex. Kubilai cousin refused to marry a man chosen for her
Chabi - wife of Kubilai Khan was a powerful political figure that promoted Buddhist, went against harsh treatment to the Chinese, respect for Chinese culture
Mongol Tolerance for Foreign Cultural Influence MI: Mongols leaders had this continuous curiosity for scholars and advisers that united all civilizations with their ideas. strong interest for religions
Muslims designed better tax system, doctors ran imperial hospitals, Persian astronomers on outer space.
Travelers were open to the of the Mongols => Marco Polo who traveled east during the 13th century where he stayed for 17 years
Marco Polo's travels and his experiences that was spread back into Europe influence people such as Columbus in finding new land; spark of curiosity
Social Policies and Scholar-Gentry Resistance MI: Mongol conquest in the Chinese area, cause the merchant and artisan class to increase while the scholar-gentry class to decrease.
Chinese scholar gentry saw Mongol rulings wrong and it was shown that Mongols continue to alienate the Scholar Gentry class
during invasions in the Chinese land, artisans and merchants were usually the one spared
intellectual life was increasing with The Romance of West Camber a play written during the Yuan period
laws created to the lower class was meant to benefit the people; went against upper class of the Chinese
The Fall of the house of Yuan MI: With the death of Kubilai's close ones, it cause empire to slowly crumble.
loyalists were revoltings, hostility became popular, expansions became a failure
no actually successor for the country, where foreign trustee was only used by coruption
White Lotus society - a secret society where its purpose was to overthrow the dynasty; leaders claim to have secret powers
man for the poor came up to rule the next dynasty; Ming Dynasty
Aftershock: The Brief Ride of Timur MI: Timur-i Lang was a turkish nomadic leader who expanded land in mid - EuroAsia except his expansion did not benefit he conquered.
leader had intellectual values were he enjoyed fine arts and architecture
also he was stated to be a ruthless leader who can kill in large amounts
in his campaigns he main pyramids with skulls of head from people he kill and slaughter the people in Delhi except his did spared the artisans
The Mongol Interlude in Chinese History
MI: Mongol leader Kubilai Khan took an interest in the Chinese and would either discourage or incorporate Chinese styles into mongol society during the Yuan era.
- Kubilai Khan was grandsons of Chinggis Khan who lead sieges into Chinese cities and became great khan in 1260
- laws created by Kubilai Khan was either to separate the Chinese from the Mongols - discouraged friendship, marriage, leanings
- Tatu, capital city; Kubilai surrounded himself with Chinese scholars and advisers => social class where mongols were at top and below them was the Chinese bureaucracy
Gender roles and the Convergence of Mongol and Chinese cultureMI: Mongol women would still be against the idea of adapting to Chinese ideas.
- refused to ideas such as foot binding, and limited freedom
- Mongol women still had to freedom in the house hold and to hunt; ex. Kubilai cousin refused to marry a man chosen for her
- Chabi - wife of Kubilai Khan was a powerful political figure that promoted Buddhist, went against harsh treatment to the Chinese, respect for Chinese culture
Mongol Tolerance for Foreign Cultural InfluenceMI: Mongols leaders had this continuous curiosity for scholars and advisers that united all civilizations with their ideas. strong interest for religions
- Muslims designed better tax system, doctors ran imperial hospitals, Persian astronomers on outer space.
- Travelers were open to the of the Mongols => Marco Polo who traveled east during the 13th century where he stayed for 17 years
- Marco Polo's travels and his experiences that was spread back into Europe influence people such as Columbus in finding new land; spark of curiosity
Social Policies and Scholar-Gentry ResistanceMI: Mongol conquest in the Chinese area, cause the merchant and artisan class to increase while the scholar-gentry class to decrease.
- Chinese scholar gentry saw Mongol rulings wrong and it was shown that Mongols continue to alienate the Scholar Gentry class
- during invasions in the Chinese land, artisans and merchants were usually the one spared
- intellectual life was increasing with The Romance of West Camber a play written during the Yuan period
- laws created to the lower class was meant to benefit the people; went against upper class of the Chinese
The Fall of the house of YuanMI: With the death of Kubilai's close ones, it cause empire to slowly crumble.
- loyalists were revoltings, hostility became popular, expansions became a failure
- no actually successor for the country, where foreign trustee was only used by coruption
- White Lotus society - a secret society where its purpose was to overthrow the dynasty; leaders claim to have secret powers
- man for the poor came up to rule the next dynasty; Ming Dynasty
Aftershock: The Brief Ride of TimurMI: Timur-i Lang was a turkish nomadic leader who expanded land in mid - EuroAsia except his expansion did not benefit he conquered.